Aluminum   $ 2.1505 kg        |         Cobalt   $ 33.420 kg        |         Copper   $ 8.2940 kg        |         Gallium   $ 222.80 kg        |         Gold   $ 61736.51 kg        |         Indium   $ 284.50 kg        |         Iridium   $ 144678.36 kg        |         Iron Ore   $ 0.1083 kg        |         Lead   $ 2.1718 kg        |         Lithium   $ 29.821 kg        |         Molybdenum   $ 58.750 kg        |         Neodymium   $ 82.608 kg        |         Nickel   $ 20.616 kg        |         Palladium   $ 40303.53 kg        |         Platinum   $ 30972.89 kg        |         Rhodium   $ 131818.06 kg        |         Ruthenium   $ 14950.10 kg        |         Silver   $ 778.87 kg        |         Steel Rebar   $ 0.5063 kg        |         Tellurium   $ 73.354 kg        |         Tin   $ 25.497 kg        |         Uranium   $ 128.42 kg        |         Zinc   $ 2.3825 kg        |         

Notably, Management Occupations jobs accounted for a 10% share of the European mining industry’s total new job postings in Q1 2023, drop 2% over the prior quarter.

Management Occupations drive mining hiring activity

Management Occupations, with a share of 10% new job postings, was the occupation with the greatest hiring activity in the European mining industry in Q1 2023 , ahead of Architecture and Engineering Occupations with a 9% share of new job postings.

The other prominent roles included Computer and Mathematical Occupations with a 6% share in Q1 2023, Business and Financial Operations Occupations with a 6% share and Office and Administrative Support Occupations with a 5% share of new job postings.

Top five companies accounted for 43% of hiring activity

Constellium posted 2,043 jobs in Q1 2023 and registered a growth of 176% over the previous quarter, followed by Sulzer with 1,470 jobs and a 137% growth. Eaton, with 1,462 jobs, and ABB, with 1,181 jobs, recorded a 283% rise and a 45% drop, respectively, while Novolipetsk Steel recorded a 36% increase with a 932 new job postings during Q1 2023.

Regional analysis of hiring in the European mining industry, Q1 2023

France held the leading share of the European mining hiring activity with a 22.17% share, an 18% decrease over Q4 2022. Germany was next with 14.41%, four-percentage-point down over the previous quarter.